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Florida mayor not offended by Biden’s ‘salty language’ on live microphone

Ray Murphy, mayor of Fort Myers Beach, says: ‘It was not directed at anybody. It was just two guys talking. It didn’t faze me one bit’

The Guardian - US

JAXA's Wakata embarks on record 5th space mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Koichi Wakata and three other astronauts entered their scheduled orbit on Wednesday after a successful launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Scott Maxwell: Florida knew the insurance crisis was coming. Lawmakers waged culture wars instead

Thanks to Hurricane Ian, Florida is about to experience an insurance crisis that could send your already-high rates even higher, limit your insurer choices even more and cost taxpayers billions.

Orlando Sentinel

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One Florida community built to weather hurricanes endured Ian with barely a scratch

Hundreds of thousands of people in Southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.

WEKU

Florida's property insurance market was already under stress. Ian could make it worse

Rampant litigation, costlier storms and rising reinsurance costs have all combined to make chaos in Florida's home insurance market. Now, some worry Ian could send even more insurers out of the state.

WEKU

The lineman, linewives, and bucket bunnies: TikTok drama explained

Linemen, linewives, and bucket bunnies are the main characters in the latest niche drama taking over TikTok

Evening Standard

Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP counts on Democrats' goodwill to conceal its own cruelty

In a world where Republicans set political standards, one could expect that migrants would be abandoned in remote places without hope of succor and that funding for infrastructure construction and disaster relief would be provided only to GOP-led communities.

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Eduardo Porter: Immigration’s burden doesn’t fall on a ‘handful of red states’

Who bears the burden of immigration? Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have made much of their claim that their jurisdictions do so disproportionately, and those run by Democrats obviously do not.

Tribune News Service

Technology: SpaceX heads off for international space station with US, Russian, Japanese astronauts

Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk-led Space X blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station (ISS). Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Brit couple evacuated amid Hurricane Ian endured four-day ordeal with no hot food or water

Chris and Sue Lawson flew across the Atlantic to visit one of Chris' lifetime friend, an American exchange student he met in a Hull Co-op, in Lee County, Florida as Hurricane Ian hit

Daily Mirror

In Miami, Trump says hardline immigration policies are driving Latinos to the right

MIAMI — With about a month left until Election Day, former President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments as he courted a crowd of conservative Latinos in Miami, home to a growing community of Republican Hispanic supporters in Florida.

Miami Herald

Son films himself swimming to save elderly mother from Hurricane Ian floods

Family thinks stranded mother was 20 minutes from drowning

The Independent UK

DOJ wins faster schedule for Mar-a-Lago special master appeal

A federal appeals court granted the U.S. Justice Department’s request to expedite its challenge to a Florida judge’s appointment of a so-called special master to review thousands of White House documents recovered from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Tribune News Service

LULAC files DOJ complaint urging investigation into migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

WASHINGTON — The League of United Latin American Citizens has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, calling for investigation into the transit of migrants last month from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, specifically the involvement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who took credit for the move.

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Poll: Majority of Michigan voters say Trump broke the law by taking classified documents

DETROIT — A majority of likely Michigan voters believe former President Donald Trump broke the law when he took classified documents from the White House to his Florida resort, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.

Miami Herald

Pine Island bridge temporarily repaired after Hurricane Ian. First responders, Publix truck cross it

MIAMI — Hours before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that emergency road and bridge repairs to Pine Island had been completed ahead of schedule Wednesday, cheers and a little laughter greeted some of the first motorists to cross a temporary bridge built to restore access by land to the island,…

The Independent UK

Biden tells official on trip to Florida: ‘No one f***s with a Biden’

President visiting Florida to devastation caused by Hurricane Ian

The Independent UK

Biden says Hurricane Ian ‘ends discussion’ over climate change as DeSantis looks on

The president traveled to Florida’s Gulf Coast where some communities were obliterated by the near Category-5 storm

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Biden surveys damage, pledges aid to Florida after Hurricane Ian

FEMA says it will continue to provide resources to Florida as US damage assessment after devastating storm continues.

Tribune News Service

Trump says federal agency packed top-secret documents. Email exchanges suggest otherwise

Former President Donald Trump publicly said that one reason that the FBI found boxes of classified documents improperly stored at his Florida estate was that federal workers had packed up the White House after his 2020 defeat.

The Independent UK

Florida teen athletes are asked to report periods to third party, sparking concerns over privacy, anti-trans attacks

The measure has been deemed intrusive by parents who fear the reports could be used against female athletes in a post-Roe v Wade world

The Independent UK

Biden visits scene of devastation caused by Hurricane Ian alongside Florida governor Ron DeSantis

At least 100 people have died in the state, where the storm caused damage up to $47bn

Ballotpedia

The top 10 Florida candidates raised 79 percent of all donations

In Florida politics, state-level candidates and officeholders raised $270.3 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Sept. 2, 2022. More than $212.7 million, or 79 percent, of all donations reported by candidate committees were raised by the 10 individuals at the top of the list.

The Guardian - US

Hurricane Ian ‘ends discussion’ on climate crisis, Biden says on Florida visit

President puts up ostensibly united front with Ron DeSantis as duo survey recovery effort but comments contrast with governor’s view

Daily Mirror

Damage caused by Hurricane Ian laid bare in shocking before and after photos

The US National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration released eye-opening images which show the devastating effects of the storm as millions are left without power

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